The Most Famous
PHYSICIANS from Ecuador
This page contains a list of the greatest Ecuadorean Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 1 of which were born in Ecuador. This makes Ecuador the birth place of the 60th most number of Physicians behind Moldova, and Nigeria.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ecuadorean Physicians of all time. This list of famous Ecuadorean Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Matilde Hidalgo (1889 - 1974)
With an HPI of 47.24, Matilde Hidalgo is the most famous Ecuadorean Physician. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Matilde Hidalgo Navarro de Procel (September 29, 1889, in Loja, Ecuador – February 20, 1974, in Guayaquil, Ecuador) was an Ecuadorian physician, poet, and activist. Hidalgo was the first woman to exercise the right to vote in Latin America, and also the first to receive a Doctorate in Medicine. Hidalgo fought for the recognition of women's rights and is one of the most important women in Ecuadorian history. In 1973 she was paralyzed by a stroke, and she died in Guayaquil on February 20, 1974.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Ecuadorean physicians born between 1889 and 1889. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Ecuadorean physicians include Matilde Hidalgo.
